Brother and Sister Reunite After 65 Years

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A brother and sister were reunited after 65 years apart, thanks to the online sleuthing of a 7-year-old boy.

For Betty Billadeau and her brother, Clifford Boyson, the reunion was a lifetime in the making after they were sent to separate foster homes around the time Betty was 5 years old and Clifford was 3.

Despite decades of searching for each other, it took the online detective work of a 7-year-old boy to bring the long lost siblings together.

“Nobody would help me until I came and met little Eddie,” Boyson said, referring to his landlord’s son, Eddie Hanzelin.

The 7-year-old said he was touched by his neighbor’s story and wanted to help him.

“Family is important,” Eddie said.

Using his mother’s Facebook account, Eddie got to work.

“I went on Facebook and I typed in Boyson,” he said. “There were a whole bunch of pictures that showed up. One of them kind of looked like Clifford and I zoomed in on it and it started to really look like Clifford, [so] I showed it to my mom and dad.”